Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: L. Dewaele, O. Lambert, and S. Louwye. 2018. A critical revision of the fossil record, stratigraphy and diversity of the Neogene seal genus Monotherium (Carnivora, Phocidae). Royal Society Open Science 5:171669
Parent taxon: Phocinae according to L. Dewaele et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Batavipusa, Cryptophoca, Cystophora, Cystophorini, Erignathini, Erignathus, Gryphoca, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Kawas, Leptophoca, Leptophoca amphiatlantica, Monachopsis, Nanophoca, Necromites, Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocanella, Phocini, Platyphoca, Praepusa, Prophoca, Pusa, Sarmatonectes
Subtaxa: Frisiphoca aberratum Frisiphoca affine
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (4 collections), the Netherlands (1), United States (2: Maryland, Massachusetts)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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